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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

Chris Baker of Montezuma, Colo., which is suing every one of its registered voters because the mayor claims some voters and candidates in the election earlier this year were not residents.
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The amount of land that California needs to build a 29-mile high-speed rail system that it has actually acquired from farmers, homeowners and businesses. The state has yet to start heavy construction of tracks and train stations.
Wonder what Washington might look like if it were less polarized? Just look to Rhode Island.
Police used tear gas and smoke bombs to repel crowds they say threw Molotov cocktails during another violent night on the streets of a St. Louis suburb in the wake of the weekend shooting of the unarmed 18-year old Michael Brown.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. edged Milwaukee police Lt. Chris Moews early Wednesday in a Democratic primary race that drew national attention and more than $600,000 in outside spending.
Colorado's tax collections from recreational marijuana sales in the past fiscal year came in more than 60 percent below early predictions, and now a state lawmaker says it may be time to reconsider the tax formula.
Regardless of how she fares in November, Madison School Board member Mary Burke entered the history books Tuesday as the first woman to win a major party gubernatorial nomination in state history.
Republicans chose Jeff Johnson on Tuesday to be their candidate for governor, betting that the mild-mannered political veteran is the party’s best chance to unseat Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton in November.
Gov. Chris Christie signed into law today a bill that will require companies to wait until they have interviewed job applicants before asking if he or she has ever been convicted of a crime.
Gov. Chris Christie took to the steps of Trenton’s City Hall to sign a bill into law establishing an alternative pre-trial release system so that poor defendants aren’t stuck in jail because they can’t afford bail.